Sudarsan Pattnaik Pays His Last Respects To Stephen Hawking With A Beautiful Sand Sculpture

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has paid his last respects to physicist Stephen Hawking who passed away at the age of 76 on March 14. Everyone around the world mourned a brilliant mind who passed away on a day that coincided with Albert Einstein's birthday.

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Pattnaik shared the photos of his sand art on Twitter and captioned them as following:

Tribute to #StephenHawking, a renowned physicist and ambassador of science. My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha . pic.twitter.com/FDkJVwoJD0

¡ª Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) March 14, 2018

Tribute to #StephenHawking, the man who understood the origin of universe. My SandArt at Puri beach in odisha . pic.twitter.com/Idl4G8QwBv

¡ª Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) March 14, 2018

#StephenHawking "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha . pic.twitter.com/AfueGBC0Dc

¡ª Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) March 14, 2018

Hawking's demise was confirmed by his family who said in a statement, "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today."

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What a touching tribute by Pattnaik to a man who defied all odds to live a full life. Rest in peace, professor.